Coupon code function

purple manager summary this article describes the options and settings for the coupon code function in purple manager the coupons code function allows you to create coupon codes that will unlock e paper issues in the app, when activated by the users preconditions have the role 'account admin' in purple manager have an app created in purple manager have a publication created in purple manager have e paper issues published in purple manager learn in this article how to create coupon codes description coupon types settings teams select the team to which the app belongs for which you want to create a coupon name name your coupon here, e g january campaign coupon maximum number of devices limit the amount of devices a single coupon can be used on maximum number of issues limit the amount of contents that can be access using a single coupon code maximum number of apps limit the amount of different apps the same coupon code can be used in validity period start/end content published in this period, limited by their publication dates, can be accessed by the user via the coupon for example a coupon with validity 01 01 — 31 01 unlocks the issues that are published in january the issues that are published before/after this period cannot be unlocked via the coupon validity in days from first redemption limits validity by days, content published during this period can be accessed by the user via the coupon for example a coupon with validity for 30 days would unlock the issues that are published in this time, starting from the first day of redemption (entering the code + loading content) by the user the issues that are published before/after this period cannot be unlocked via the coupon exclude latest issue before validity start normally coupons are valid for the latest content before validity start as well if this option is enabled, only contents during the validity period are valid valid for recent issue only this means that only issues that were published before the coupon was activated are readable and thus permanently linked to the coupon thus, no newer issue can be opened with it redemption period start/end limits the duration in which a coupon can be redeemed (first access of content) this setting can be combined with the validity (see above) access period after redemption in days per device limits the period in which contents can be accessed after first redemption the first redemption is evaluated per device additional issues allowed if enabled, allow access to contents published after redemption period (given that all other constraints are met) , if coupon has successfully been redeemed within redemption period on the same device otherwise only issues published before the end of the redemption period can be accessed different between redemption and validity as an example, for christmas, we would like to offer customers the opportunity to be able to activate the coupon during the entire month of december as a gift all issues from the first quarter of the current year should be readable here, you want to have an active coupon from december 1st to december 31st ( redemption period ) and thus activate the contents of the first quarter, that is, from january 1st to march 31st ( validity period ) choosing a publication available publications with clicking on one of the arrows, next to the publications in the list, you define the publication on which the coupon should be applied when clicked, it moves to the right hand side part ‘selected publications’ the other publications from the list that have not been selected remain unaffected by an activation through the coupon thus, they cannot be loaded by the reader in the app when he/she activates the coupon selected publications indicates the publication(s) on which the coupon should be applied at least one publication must be listed, to make your coupon work coupon types overview this view gives you an overview of the coupon settings which you have just choosing in the view before and gives you some additional options as described below number of coupons (redeemed) this indication works like a counter for the number of activated coupons in brackets, you find the number of redeemed coupons edit allows you to change the coupon settings, which you have made before export coupons allows you to export your created coupons in a xls file and download it on your computer thus, you have the option to distribute your codes, e g via marketing activities please make sure, to have them created before (see 4 ), otherwise the list will be empty generate codes after making sure, all information displayed on this overview is set to your needs, the codes can be generated find further explanation below in the section 'generate codes' in this article delete all coupons allows you to delete all coupons, which you have created before watch out, by clicking this button, you will make all coupons invalid, which you may have distributed to your users before when done, the users won’t have access to the (via coupon code) unlocked issues any more and only see a spinner import coupons allows you to import coupon codes which you have created externally, via xls download template for coupon import here offers the xls template for importing coupons (see the point below, 'download template for coupon import' ) download template for coupon import the download template offers the option to create your own coupon codes and import them to purple manager, so that you can map them with your coupon type you can download it (see point 7 in 'coupon types overview' above), paste your own codes into the table, and upload it afterwards into purple manager as xls to import the codes (see point 6 in 'coupon types overview' above) we strongly recommend setting the redemption and validity in the coupon types settings (see section 'coupon types settings' above) and use the xls template only for importing coupon codes this means that you would leave the columns b e empty in the table code you can paste your own unique coupon codes into column a (you can find some example entries in the screenshot above) validity start this is an advanced feature, we recommend defining this setting in the coupon types settings, and leave this column empty via import validity end this is an advanced feature, we recommend defining this setting in the coupon types settings, and leave this column empty via import redemption period start this is an advanced feature, we recommend defining this setting in the coupon types settings, and leave this column empty via import redemption period end this is an advanced feature, we recommend defining this setting in the coupon types settings, and leave this column empty via import generate codes generating codes allows you to define, how the code(s) should look like, which your users will later use to unlock issues in their apps number of coupons enter here the number of how many coupons you want to generate for later distribution to your users coupon code prefix if you wish, to enter a personal/branded prefix, that occurs at the beginning of each code, you can set it here in our example, each code will start with 'docu ' coupon code suffix if you wish, to enter a personal/branded suffix, that occurs on the end of each code, you can set it here in our example, each code will end with ' test' length of variable code allows you to choose, how many characters the variable part of the codes created, should have use numbers allows you to choose, if the variable part of the codes created should contain numbers use letters allows you to choose, if the variable part of the codes created should contain letters example code shows, how the codes created will look like in this example, ' docu docu 5427c 5427c test test ' beginning, with ' docu docu ' as defined in 2 ; followed by ' 5427c 5427c ' as defined in 4 , 5 and 6 ; and end by ' test test ' as defined in 3 make sure, to always test the coupons you create to see if they fit the goals of your desired marketing campaign, before distributing them coupons can be configured in very different ways info the sole activation of the coupon, i e inserting the coupon code into the coupon field in the app, does not yet trigger the redemption a coupon is considered redeemed as soon as the issue is opened by the user in the app, and thus the (progressive) download of the content has begun example use cases for coupon codes 1\ a coupon code which is 1x redeemable (einlösbar) for a specific issue 2\ a coupon code which is 1x redeemable (einlösbar) and is valid for several specific issues, e g 2/2024, 3/2024 and 4/2024 3\ a coupon code which is multiple times redeemable (einlösbar) before a specified expiration date and is valid for a specific issue 4\ a coupon code which is 1x redeemable (einlösbar) before a specified expiration date and is valid for a specific publication 5\ a coupon code which is multiple times redeemable (einlösbar) before a specified expiration date and is valid for multiple publications 6\ a coupon code which is redeemable in one of many apps during a specified (short) redemption period and is afterwards valid for all issues published during the (longer) validity period set "additional issues allowed" at the coupon type to allow for this behavior remember that the redemption must be forced by opening one issue during the redemption period only then the coupon code can be used for more issues afterwards